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Fingers To The Bone

Brown Bird
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
(banjo, arranged for guitar)
Emadd2 G6
|--------3-------|2-----------0---|
|----0-----0-----|--0-----3-------|
|------0-------0-|------0---------|
|----2-------0---|----2-------0---|x3
|----------------|----------------|
|0-------3-------|0-------3-------|
Gmaj7
|------------0---|----------------|
|----0---3-------|0---------------|
|------0---0-----|----2---0-------|
|----2-------0---|----2-------4---|
|----------------|------------2---|
|0-------3-------|0-------3-------|
 I’ve worked my fingers  to the bone
 not a pretty little penny have I got to show
 I ain’t looking for much
   walkdown
 just a little bit of rest by the side of the road
 I lift my voice  to the forces above
 the Lords of labor  and the Goddess of love
 ain’t I been a good,  hard working
  INTRO
 faithful servant and son
 F7add4 [G6] [Em] walkdown x2
 then the sky  turns black
   walkdown
 and it cracks with a thundering voice
 work is what you are  when you’re breathing in and  out
   walkdown
 til your final breath falls to the floor
so  swing down that sledgehammer  through the wood
 a little test of mind over flesh  oughtta do you good
 get up off the ground
 you can lay down  when the day is done
   walkdown
 and on the seventh day
  INTRO
 you can lay in the morning sun
 I want to make my home  on a mountain high
 just me and my lover and the big old sky
 I ain’t asking for much
   walkdown
 just a little bit of rest before the day that I die
 I lift my voice  to the forces above
 the Lords of labor  and the Goddess of love
 ain’t I been a good,  hard working
  INTRO
 faithful servant and son
 F7add4 [G6] [Em] walkdown x2
 then the sky  turns black
   walkdown
 and it cracks with a thundering voice
 work is what you are  when you’re breathing in and  out
   walkdown
 til your final breath falls to the floor
so  swing down that sledgehammer  through the wood
 a little test of mind over flesh  oughtta do you good
 get up off the ground
 you can lay down  when the day is done
   walkdown
 and on the seventh day
 you can lay in the morning sun
 note: at the end they sing the bridge on top of the chorus once. listen to the song if you want to figure out how that goes.

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Readable chord sheet for Fingers To The Bone by Brown Bird

(banjo, arranged for guitar)
 [Em]      [G]        Emadd2  [G6]
|--------3-------|2-----------0---|
|----0-----0-----|--0-----3-------|
|------0-------0-|------0---------|
|----2-------0---|----2-------0---|x3
|----------------|----------------|
|0-------3-------|0-------3-------|

 [Em]      [G6]       [Emadd4]  [Gmaj7]
|------------0---|----------------|
|----0---3-------|0---------------|
|------0---0-----|----2---0-------|
|----2-------0---|----2-------4---|
|----------------|------------2---|
|0-------3-------|0-------3-------|

I’ve worked my f[Em]ingers to the bone
not a pretty little penny have I got to show
I ain’t looking for much
                                              [B]        walkdown
just a little bit of rest by the side of the road
I lift my v[Em]oice to the forces above
the Lords of l[A]abor and the Goddess of love
ain’t I been a g[Em]ood, hard w[B]orking
                      INTRO
faithful servant and son

[Em] F

then the [Em]sky turns [F#7add4]black
        [G6]                       [Em] walkdown
and it cracks with a thundering voice
work is what you [Em]are when you’re breathing in an[F#7add4]d out
                [G6]                  [Em] walkdown
til your final breath falls to the floor

[Em]so swing down that s[A]ledgehammer through the wood
a little test of mind over f[Em]lesh oughtta do you good
get up off the ground
you can lay d[A]own when the day is done
            [B]          walkdown
and on the seventh day
                            INTRO
you can lay in the morning sun

I want to make my [Em]home on a mountain high
just me and my lover and the big old sky
I ain’t asking for much
                                                 [B]      walkdown
just a little bit of rest before the day that I die

I lift my v[Em]oice to the forces above
the Lords of l[A]abor and the Goddess of love
ain’t I been a g[Em]ood, hard w[B]orking
                      INTRO
faithful servant and son

[Em] F

then the [Em]sky turns [F#7add4]black
        [G6]                       [Em] walkdown
and it cracks with a thundering voice
work is what you [Em]are when you’re breathing in an[F#7add4]d out
                [G6]                  [Em] walkdown
til your final breath falls to the floor

[Em]so swing down that s[A]ledgehammer through the wood
a little test of mind over f[Em]lesh oughtta do you good
get up off the ground
you can lay d[A]own when the day is done
            [B]          walkdown
and on the seventh day
you can lay in the morning [Em]sun

note: at the end they sing the bridge on top of the chorus once.  listen to the song if you want to figure out how that goes.